Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, 'better than it looks' split pea and ham soup. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
See related links to what you are looking for. I did a few things my old way such as simmered my ham. I've always said that Lentil Soup is the least sexy looking soup in the world.
'Better than it looks' Split pea and ham soup is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. 'Better than it looks' Split pea and ham soup is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook 'better than it looks' split pea and ham soup using 8 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make 'Better than it looks' Split pea and ham soup:
- Get 1/2 cup dried split peas
- Make ready 2-3 slices ham, shredded, chopped, whatever
- Get 1 cup chicken stock
- Take 'Flavouring' (I used a tablespoon of leftover casserole liquid)
- Make ready 1 onion, chopped
- Take 1 celery stick, chopped
- Get Black pepper and the like
- Prepare 2 tsp olive oil or something similar
When I want split pea soup in a hurry, my pressure cooker is my best friend! Here I chopped up some of my leftover ham and sauteed it as my garnish. I used Better than Bouillon, I love the flavor it adds to soups, but you can use chicken broth in it's place if you prefer. I've made bean soup, lentil soup, rice soup, and potato soup dozens of times each over the last decade, but not split pea.
Steps to make 'Better than it looks' Split pea and ham soup:
- Soak your peas overnight or to packet instructions.
- Add oil to the pan and cook onion and celery until soft, add pepper.
- Add the stock and 'flavouring' to the pan along with the peas.
- Cook for an hour or less depending on how firm you like the peas. 1 hour should be broken down quite well. Be careful of sticking.
Anyway, the important thing is that I made it, and it was everything I remembered homemade ham and split pea to be - a hearty, soul-warming bowl of dull green brilliance. But somewhere in the back of my brain, I know that Split Pea Soup with Ham is somehow linked to my mom and that those are good memories. However, my kids have also decided that in spite of the visual evidence to the contrary (my son says it "looks like swamp"), they all love it and are more than. Let's face it: Pea soup is not an attractive dish. It's not even attractive in a down-home, plain kinda way.
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